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UThixo Uqhubeka Ekhuluma
1 UThixo wathi kuJobe:
2 “Lowo ophikisana loSomandla angamqondisa na?
Yena lowo obeka uNkulunkulu icala kamphendule!”
3 Ngakho uJobe wasephendula uThixo wathi:
4 “Kakungilingananga, ngingakuphendula njani na?
Ngivala umlomo wami ngesandla sami.
5 Ngikhulumile kanye, kodwa kangilampendulo,
kabili, kodwa kangisayikukhuluma njalo.”
6 UThixo wasekhuluma loJobe ephakathi kwesiphepho wathi:
7 “Qina njengendoda;
ngizakubuza,
wena uzangiphendula.
8 Ungakusola na ukwahlulela kwami ngokulunga?
Ungangilahla ukuze uzigeze na?
9 Ulayo ingalo enjengekaNkulunkulu na,
njalo ilizwi lakho lingaduma njengelakhe yini?
10 Nxa kunjalo zicecise ngobukhosi langenkazimulo,
uzembathise ngodumo lobukhosi.
11 Khulula ukuvutha kolaka lwakho,
khangela wonke umuntu ozigqajayo umthobise,
12 khangela wonke umuntu ozigqajayo umbeke phansi,
ubacobodise ababi khonapho abakhona.
13 Bambele bonke ndawonye othulini;
goqela ubuso babo engcwabeni.
14 Lapho-ke lami ngizavuma kuwe
ukuthi isandla sakho sokunene singakusindisa.
15 Khangela imvubu,
engayidala kanye lawe
njalo edla utshani njengenkomo.
16 Ilamandla amangalisayo okhalweni lwayo,
amandla angaka emisipheni yesisu sayo!
17 Umsila wayo uyazunguza njengomsedari;
imisipha yemilenze yayo yalukene.
18 Amathambo ayo alezimbobo zethusi,
lezitho zayo zinjengemiqwayi yensimbi.
19 Iyingqala yezidalwa zikaNkulunkulu,
kodwa uMenzi wayo angayehlula ngenkemba yakhe.
20 Izintaba zimlethela izithelo zazo,
kuthi zonke izilo zeganga zidlalele eduze.
21 Ilala ngaphansi kwezihlahla ezibukekayo,
isithekile phakathi kwemihlanga exhaphozini.
22 Izihlahla ezinhle ziyayisitha ngemithunzi yazo;
imidubu okhunjini lomfula iyihonqolozele.
23 Nxa umfula uthwele izikhukhula kayethuki;
kayithi thiki lokuba iJodani ithululela impophoma emlonyeni wayo.
24 Ukhona yini ongayibamba ngamehlo,
kumbe ayithiye ayibhoboze amakhala na?”